Chief Advisor Auditing

Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd; Sandton; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd in Gauteng is seeking a senior internal auditor to lead complex audit projects, minimise risk exposure, safeguard assets, and ensure information integrity in accordance with IIA standards.

The role requires guiding teams, coaching staff, and delivering assurance across processes, with a focus on COSO and COBIT frameworks, risk-based planning, and stakeholder engagement within the Corporate B unit.

Qualifications

• Bachelor level qualification in internal audit or related field.
• Experience with assurance and advisory procedures per IIA standards.
• Knowledge of COSO/COBIT frameworks.
• Ability to plan, guide and monitor assurance engagements.
• Strong analytical and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and perform activities related to auditing and reporting.
• Provide leadership and subject matter expertise.
• Manage customer relationships and communication.
• Assist with performance management and reporting.
• Recommend and ensure the efficient deployment and utilisation of resources.

Skills

Audit leadership

Team motivation

Coaching

Communication

Risk analysis

Data analysis

COSO/COBIT knowledge

Education

Bachelor's/BTech/Adv Diploma in Internal Audit/Commerce/IT

Job description

Industry: Electricity, Energy & Water Supply

Job category: Accounting, Auditing

Location: Sunninghill

Contract: Permanent

Remuneration: Market Related

EE position: No

Introduction

Position/Task Grade: G17Area of specialization: To audit complex areas of the organisation, be responsible for minimising risk exposure, ensuring assets aresafeguarded, financial and other information integrity, and guarding against non-compliance with applicable policies, procedures, laws and regulations.Department: Portfolio 4Business Unit: Corporate BLocation: GautengReference Number: 50078038AWClosing Date: 25 September 2026

Leadership

• Lead audit project teams
• Motivating teams
• Coaching

Behavioral

• Trustworthiness
• Honesty

Knowledge

• Assurance and advisory procedures and standards, including planning, techniques, tests and sampling methods involved in conducting assurance and advisory engagements and the requirements set forth in the Standards for the Professional Practice of Internal Auditing.
• Business process analysis to identify inefficiencies, e.g. structure, workflow analysis, business risk management control strategies and bottleneck management.
• Risk-based planning methodology used by internal auditing, more specifically, the ability to plan, guideand mon assurance and advisory engagements.
• Principles, procedures and practices of operational, accounting and financial records and transactions.
• Risk, control and governance in organisations and how these relate to the work of internal audit.
• Internal control frameworks such as Committee of Sponsoring Organisations (COSO), Enterprise Risk Management and Control Objectives for Information and Related Technologies (COBIT).
• Strategic business planning.
• Understands and applies external benchmarks for assurance and advisory engagements.
• Understands and applies statistical models in audit procedures.
• Articulate the relevance of root causes and issues across assurance and advisory engagements and conduct trend analysis to determine the impact across the organisation.
• Conduct full scope assurance and advisory engagements according to the Institute of Internal Audit (IIA) standards.
• Develop a three-year rolling risk-based internal audit plan.
• Data Analysis and keeping apprised of this changing landscape.
• Provide technical support on new developments.

Skil

• Supervise diverse workforce professional and clerical employees
• Handle issues of a complex and sensitive nature
• Communicate clearly and effectively verbally and in writing
• Develop and present persuasive arguments to address audit concern(s).
• Specialist assurance and advisory
• Providing guidance on assurance and advisory assignments
• Transfer of skills
• Communicate at the senior management leve

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee and perform activities related to auditing and reporting
• Provide leadership and subject matter expertise
• Manage customer relationships and communication
• Assist with performance management and reporting
• Recommend and ensure the efficient deployment and utilisation of resources

“If you have not been contacted within 28 days after the closing date of this advertisement, please accept that your application was unsuccessful.”

“Eskom is committed to equality, employment equity, and diversity. In accordance with the employment equity plan of Eskom and its employment equity goals and targets, preference may be given, but is not limited, to candidates from under-represented designated groups.Eskom reserves the right not to make an appointment to the posts as advertised.Candidates with disabilities are encouraged to apply for positions.”

Eskom is committed to providing a smoke-free environment for its employees and visitors at the workplace.

Qualification(s)

• B Degree/B Tech/Advanced Diploma in Internal Audit/Commerce/ Information Technology/Computer Science/Safety Management/ Environmental Health Management/ Quality Management at NQF7 with 360 Credits

Related Minimum Experienc

• 7 Years’ experience in internal audit/information technology/quality/safety/health/environmental/risk.